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Wonderful article. I never knew there were so many ways to make a wash. I painted figures 35 years ago and see what the artists are producing now and am simply amazed.

Very nice build.

I've seen the annual but never the van parts used. It definitely reflects the 70's style customs. The Riverra dash looks perfect for the build.

Great build.....curious as to the website you got help from.

I'd just like to finish a kit from start to finish.

I've got one of this on my shelf. I never opened it. Now I see your I realize this is where the Dodge Zinger went to.

The lighting effect on the runes is very nicely done. Overall the color shifts seem seamless. There's ton of details you don't see at first glance. Looking at it for the third or fourth time I see new details. The one thing you failed to mention is just how big is this behemoth? Very impressive artwork.

Guess it's 2020.....the zombie threads are roaming the face of the Earth again.

That looks like fun!

I remember seeing the recreation and being very impressed with it. I'm also impressed with your 1/8 replica. What's next?

MPC really tried to make 1/20th work for the US market. My first kit was a 1969 1/20 Corvette (I'd love to have another one). Bet the body fo the funny car came from that. I'd never seen the Spitfire and had forgotten the Baja Bug. I agree the underpinnings of both the Baja Bug and the altered were derived from the funny car.

I remember seeing this being blown out on clearance 50 years ago..... Any idea where MPC sourced the parts from? The Logghe chassis looks typical for their 1/25 funny cars but this is supposed to be 1/20th.

Text and Numbers are best done in vector. Nothing in your files would be hard to create in vector. Take a skilled person one to two hours depending on what you had to submit for the wolf head. The license plates may best be rendered with the background in bitmap and the numbers in vector.

A few points here. What you supplied was a bitmapped file. A bitmap file is made up of dots and not lines. Whenever you change the size of a bitmapped file, there is a real likelihood of the image changing and producing what are called artifacts. The artwork may have worked better as a vector based file. The second issue is that most printers work in some variation of cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink. A purple would have elements of each of those in it. To achieve various colors they print halftone dots with the intent of fooling the eye. If the artwork had been vector based, the halftone dots may have been smaller but still present. The light silver would have printed better with a silver foil which is only available with a handful of printers, the ALPS being the most common.

Matt the issues wasn't Revell but Revell's owner Hobbico. In the simplest explanation, Hobbico tried to corner the US hobby market and seriously over extended the company. When Hobbico declared bankruptcy, the Hobbico assets were sold. Revell sold for much less than anyone would have expected. For the most part, the buyer bought the inventory on hand and got the mold, trademarks and other intellectual property for free.

Prior to the CART/IRL split, Indycar in the late 1980's had recaptured the magic of the 1960's-early 1970's. Both AMT and Monogram offered kits in 1/25 and 1/24 scale. The AMT kits were the better of the two. During this same period Tamiya offered a 1/20 car with the markings of Mario's last competitive ride. Revell also offered Indy cars from the late 1990's. While the Revell cars lacked engines and difficult engineering, they built up into the best replicas.

The Petty was out not that long ago. Guess they're trying to cash out before the Salvino's comes out. Beyond that, I'll be saving my money for the Atlantis kits.

Didn't Revell do the same thing but with an early 60's Dodge on it?

I have almost a full collection of SAE and MCM. I also teach graphic design as well as playing with model cars for about 50 years. I believe I'm qualified to make a few comments. If you compare SAE to MCM going back about 5 years ago, MCM was a far superior magazine. This issue is very close to the high water mark of the best MCMs of that period. If the quality can remain this high, very few people will miss SAE. If you haven't got a copy, take a look at the stocking shops and GO BUY IT! The magazine has several returning advertisers.....we need to try to support them. The magazine has very little "filler". Most of the content is different than the forum....a great editorial decision. I believe this is the first issue to have a UPC bar code on it. It is also reassuring of future intent with the postal circulation information included on the contents page. Page count is 64 pages including the cover. That's a good page count for most presses due to signature size. The only way to have more page count is to have more advertisers and more submitted copy. All is not rosy.....the paper stock could be a few pounds heavier. The cover is the same stock as the contents. Hopefully that can be addressed in future issues. This may just be the way it is for a digitally printed magazine.

They're at Teays Valley Hobbies in West Virginia has them....I'm looking forward to reading it this weekend.

When should we anticipate the new magazine be in the shops?

Very nice start.

I can't believe the steering wheel is as simple as an adhesive wrap. Wow.

I went to the Charleston, WV store.....nothing worth considering except the 1/32 pumper. Some may have a use for that. My cart stayed empty.

I agree. Please do a tutorial on how to replicate that steering wheel?